POLITICO London Playbook, presented by London City Airport: Pepperoni cronies — What everyone is eating — Going hungry in Brussels

By JACK BLANCHARD PRESENTED BY LONDON CITY AIRPORT Send tips here | Subscribe for free | View in your browser Good Tuesday morning. RAM-RAIDING: England’s football team won 3-2 in Spain last night after one of their best performances of modern times. But never mind the scoreline – let’s all enjoy Eric Dier taking out Sergio Ramos one more time. A knighthood surely beckons. DRIVING THE DAY ALL EYES ON DOWNING STREET: Theresa May will chair a fraught meeting of her Cabinet this morning knowing a looming rebellion by her senior ministers has likely been averted for now. But there is little cause for celebration inside Downing Street after one third of her top team held an informal “pizza summit” last night to discuss concerns over her Brexit strategy – hardly a vote of confidence in the PM’s leadership. And the picture May will paint for her colleagues this morning will not be a happy one, with no obvious way of breaking the Brexit deadlock. Fears are now rising on every side that a no-deal scenario might just come to pass. Pepperoni cronies: No fewer than eight Brexit-friendly Cabinet ministers attended the pizza summit in Commons leader Andrea Leadsom’s office last night to discuss their concerns over May’s approach. The guest list in full: Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab … Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt … Environment Secretary Michael Gove … International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt … Transport Secretary Chris Grayling … Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss … Attorney General… [Read full story]